The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-01


Youth-,Lep,ics Measure Eternity with
an Hour Glass and the Throne of God
with Yard stick.
BRoOKiYN. Nov. 27. This morning
at the Tabernacle, after explaining appro-
pirate passages of Scripture, the Rev. I.
De Witt Tulmage, DID,. gave out the
following hymn, that was sung by the
congregation with great heartness
Buried in sorrow and in sin
At hcll's dark door we lay:
Hnt We ari~,. by grace divine.
To glorious day
The subject Of the sermon was Thirst
in n Cavern and the text: "Oh that
one would rive me drink of the water Of
the we'll of Bethlehem, which is by the
gate il Samuel xii. -.
War, always distressing, is especially
ruinCus in harvest time. When the crops
are all ready for the sickle, to have them
troddrn down hv cavalry horses and
heavy supply trains outlying the fields, is
enough IL make any mans heart sick
When the last great war broke out in
Europe. and France and Germany were
coming into horrid collision. rode across
their golden fields. and saw the tents
pitched. and the trenches dug in the very
midst Of the ripe fields, the long scythe
Of latte sharpening to NOV down har-
vests of men in great winrows of the
dead. 1t was at this season of the har-
vest thar the army of the Philistines
came down upon Bethlehem. Hark to
the Clanor of their voices, the neighing
OF their chargers, the blare of their
tr,micts, and the clash of their shields!
Let David and his men fall back! The
Lord Is host sometimes loses the day. But
David knew where to hide. He had
Deen brought up in that country. Boys
arr iuquisitive and they know all about
the region where they We're born and
brought up. If you should go back to
the old homestead you could, with your
eyes shut, find your way Ia the meadow,
or the orchard, or the hill back of the
house. with which YOU were familiar
thirty or forty years ago. So David
knew the cave Of AGullam. Perhaps, in
his boyhood days, he had played hide
and seek" with his comrades all about
the Old cave; and though others might
say there is only one way OF getting into
that cave. and that is by very narrow
path; lut David was stout, and steady
headed. aud steady rerved. and 80. with
his three brave staff officers, he goes
along that path, finds his way into tire
cave. a;;S Gown. locks around at the roof
and the dark passages Of the mountain.
feSlS very weary with the forced march,
and water he must have, or die. / do
not know but there may have been drops
tricllling down the side Of the cavern, or
tia; there may have been some water i'll
the guatskiii slung to his girjlle; hut that
was not what he wanted. He wanted IA
Gccp. full cold drink. such AZ Il man gets
only out of an old well with moss Gov
cred bucket DaYid remembered that
very near that cave of Aduilam tEerC
was such Il we'll as that, well to which
he usel to go in boyhood-the well Of
Bcthlehcm; and he almost imagincs that
lie can hear tie liquid plaah of that we'll,
and his parChed tongue moves through
his hot lips as he says: "Oh, that one
would give me drink OF the water Of the
well of Bethlehem. which is by the
gate
1T was no sooner said than done. The
three brave staff officers bound to their
fee; aud start. Brave soldiers VIII take
even a hint from their commander. Bat
lctween them and the well lay the lost
Of the Ihi.i7iines: and what could three
men do with a great army: let where
there is a Will there is a way, and, with
G.eir swords sla,5hing tEis way and that,
they mako their path to the we'll While
u" PhlIlStines are amazed at the seem
ing fochartliness of these three men,
and cannot make up their minds exactly
what il means. tho three men have come
to the we'll Toy drop the bucket.
They bring up the water, They pour 1t
in The pail, and then start for the cave.
STOP thcIn!' cry the Philistines. Clip
them with your swords! Stab them with
your spears. Stop those three mem
Too late! They have got around the hill.
The lot rocks are splashed with the over
flowing water from the vessel as it is
carried up the cliffs. The three men
go along the dangerous path, and with
checks flushed with the excitement, and
all ont cf breath in their haste, they
fling their swords, red with the skirnish,
to the side of the cave. and cry out to
David, There, captain OF the host. is
what You wanted. drink of the well of
Dehlchcm, which is by the gate.
\ text is of no Use to me unless l can
find C.liot in it, and unless can bring n
rospcl out of these words th' will arouse
and comfort ard bless, / shall wish had
never seen them: for your time would be
wasted and against my soul the dark
r,c, ri would be made that this day l
stool before a great audience of SHINING,
suffering ard diving men, and told them
of no rescue. BY the cross of the Son OF
Cod. ly the throne Of the eternal judS-
mcnt. that shall not be! May the Lord
Jesus help me to tell you the truth to-
day.
Yen know that carrier pigeons have
sometimes letters tied under the wing,
and they fly hundreds Of miles--1Oo
miles in an hUur-carying a message.
So l have thought would Ike to have il
now. Oh, heavenly Dove! bring under
thy wing today. to my soul and to the
souls Of this people, some message OF
light, and love, and peace!
Ii isI.ot am unusual thing TO SEQ peo-
rle gather around well in summer
tini". Tie husbandman puts down his
cr;.,:I, 1T the wei curb; the builder puts
down lis trowtl: the traveller puts down
lis ,aci. Then one draws the water for
all lie rest. E;rlso.f taking the very last.
The cup il passed around, and the fires
Of thirst are pat ont; the traveller starts
AD has Journey. and the workman takes
W his birltn.